Country: USA
Year: 1989
Duration: 92'
An eerie insect like monster from another planet pilots an alien spacecraft to Earth. The lone passenger on board is banished for crimes committed on his planet and forced to suffer the worst possible punishment. He has been reformulated and sent to Earth to live out his final days as a human being. Everyone he meets becomes a potential victim and in a pathetic attempt to attain a human appearance, he "borrows" the heads of his victims by tearing them off their bodies and wearing them as his own. Can a creature with two arms, two legs and several heads be human? It seems appearances can fool anyone, even a streetsmart ambitious young detective. Diana Pierce is a detective hardened by the grim reality of her job. She thinks she has seen it all, until she is called upon to solve a recent series of bizarre murders. Detective Charles Kreiger is Diana's veteran partner assigned to help her crack the case. Together they investigate the strange murders and unearth the clues that lead them to the killer. The situation seems hopeless when, running out of human heads, "The Borrower" appropriates the head of a dog to complete his anatomy.
Biography
film director
John McNaughton
John McNaughton was born in Chicago (Illinois) in 1949. He attended fflie University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and then Chicago Columbia College, studying film and television. Initially, McNaughton's interests in films led him to realize his dreams by making video movies. He directed a syndicated television series on famous gangsters. narrated by Broderick Crawford and titled Dealer's in Death. He was known for Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer, an independent feature. His following film was The Borrower, screened last year at Cinema Giovani and not yet released. Mad Dog and Glory, with Robert De Niro, is his next film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer (1987), The Borrower (1989-1991), Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director: John McNaughton.
Sceneggiatura e montaggio: Mason Nage e Richard Fire, da un soggetto di Mason Nage.
Director of photography: Julio Macat, Robert New.
Art director: Jan Bergstrom.
Editor: Elena Maganini.
Music: Robert McNaughton, Ken Hale, Steven A. Jones.
Sound: Steven Halbert.
Cast and characters: Rae Dawn Chong (Diana Pierce), Don Gordon (detective Charles Kreiger), Antonio Fargas (Julius).
Director of Production: William H. Coleman.
Production company: Vision Pictures Production R.P. Sekon, Steven A. Jones.
Foreign sales agent: Cannon Pictures, Inc. 8200 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hiiis, CA. 90212, USA, tel. 2139665637, fax 213-6585485.
Sceneggiatura e montaggio: Mason Nage e Richard Fire, da un soggetto di Mason Nage.
Director of photography: Julio Macat, Robert New.
Art director: Jan Bergstrom.
Editor: Elena Maganini.
Music: Robert McNaughton, Ken Hale, Steven A. Jones.
Sound: Steven Halbert.
Cast and characters: Rae Dawn Chong (Diana Pierce), Don Gordon (detective Charles Kreiger), Antonio Fargas (Julius).
Director of Production: William H. Coleman.
Production company: Vision Pictures Production R.P. Sekon, Steven A. Jones.
Foreign sales agent: Cannon Pictures, Inc. 8200 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hiiis, CA. 90212, USA, tel. 2139665637, fax 213-6585485.
